Inventor · Irvine, CA, US

Walter Soto

47Patents
10h-index
20Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: May 17, 1996 → Oct 31, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6279048A System wake-up based on joystick movement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 56 Expired
US8374508B2 Augmenting passive optical networks Electricity 45 Active
US7242868B2 System and method for performing high-speed communications over fiber optical networks Electricity 37 Expired
US6401176B1 Multiple agent use of a multi-ported shared memory Physics 28 Expired
US9183779B2 AMOLED light sensing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Active
US8655166B2 System and method for performing in-service optical fiber network certification Electricity 15 Active
US7428382B2 System and method for performing in-service fiber optic network certification Electricity 14 Expired
US6122693A PCI bus utilization diagnostic monitor Electricity 14 Expired
US6029248A Locking system to protect a powered component interface from erroneous access by an attached, powered-off component Physics 12 Expired
US8543008B2 System and method for a subscriber powered network element Electricity 10 Active
US6240483A System for memory based interrupt queue in a memory of a multiprocessor system Physics 10 Expired
US6097754A Method of automatically detecting the baud rate of an input signal and an apparatus using the method Electricity 10 Expired
US9041697B2 Apparatus and method for using an LED for backlighting and ambient light sensing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US10763958B2 System and method for performing in-service optical network certification Electricity 8 Active
US9337948B2 System and method for performing high-speed communications over fiber optical networks Electricity 7 Active
US5754590A Modem architecture for integrated controller and data pump applications Electricity 6 Expired
US6230215A On-demand transfer engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US9312953B2 System and method for performing in-service optical network certification Electricity 5 Active
US7925162B2 Communication system and method for an optical local area network Electricity 5 Active
US9596031B2 System and method for a subscriber-powered network element Electricity 5 Active
US9515747B2 System and method for a subscriber-powered network element Electricity 4 Active
US10419130B2 System and method for a subscriber-powered network element Electricity 4 Active
US10848250B2 System and method for a subscriber-powered network element Electricity 3 Active
US11431432B2 System and method for performing high-speed communications over fiber optical networks Electricity 3 Active
US6067317A Computer bus resource port Electricity 3 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.